first of its kind for a former or sitting president. reaction to last night s announcement of the indictment has fallen heavily along political lines. democrats contending it is justified. republicans expressing outrage. we have fox team coverage tonight chad pergram is on capitol hill to tell us what he is hearing on the hill about all of this. david spunt in washington looks at other legal cases involving the former president. we begin with brine llenas in new york where preparations for tuesday s activities are already underway. good evening, brian. bret, good evening. sources tell fox news that manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg requested former president donald trump turn himself in today but his arraignment was pushed back to tuesday as secret service makes arrangements to protect him here at the manhattan criminal courthouse. is he just a tough guy. and he is someone whose knees do not buckle. trump s legal team making clear the former president will not b
sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news donald trump faces about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment of course we ll know more when the indictment is nsealed, and of course next week will be a big week as it s expected he will surrender to authorities early next week. that does it for us this morning, josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, it is 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, and we begin this friday in uncharted territory, a former u.s. president indicted moments ago we learned from two sources familiar with the matter that there are about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment. the case, of course, involves a hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels who said she had an affair with trump, when he denied. we expect donald trump to surrender to the manhattan d.a. s office to be arraigned next week. he ll have his fingerprints taken and will be ph
i would have to do an optimistic story. and then what. thanks, my. friend as always. thanks to you at home for being here this evening. it was four days before the 2016 election, when the wall street journal published this report national enquirer shielded donald trump from playboy model s affair allegation. the journal was the first to report that the national enquirer paid a woman named karen mcdougal $150,000 in august of 2016, and what is known as a catch and kill. basically, the enquirer bought macdougalls story, about a romantic relationship with donald trump in 2006, and then the acquirer killed it. it never went to press. in any other news cycle, this story would ve been a bombshell. in the last week, of a wild campaign, the mcdougal story got very little attention. first of all, the country was still reeling from the release of trump s access hollywood tape, which had happened a month earlier. just days before, fbi director james comey had announced the fbi was
all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow it was four days before the 2016 election when the wall street journal published this report national enquirer shielded donald trump from playboy model s affair allegation. the journal was the first to report that the national enquirer paid a woman named karen mcdougal $150,000 in august of 2016, and what is known as a catch and kill. basically, the enquirer bought macdougalls story, about a romantic relationship with donald trump in 2006, and then the acquirer killed it. it never went to press. in any other news cycle, this story would ve been a bombshell. in the last week, of a wild campaign, the mcdougal story got very little attention. first of all, the country was still reeling from the release of trump s access hollywood tape, which had happened a month earlier. just days before, fbi director james comey had anno
new york grand jury has voted to indict the former president of the united states. donald trump. this is the first time in us history the first time in us history that criminal charges have been filed against anyone who has served as president of the united states. the charges coming after the investigation of hush money paid to former adult film star stormy daniels to cover up her alleged affair with trump. this has huge implications not only for trump but also for the nation as the former president makes another run for the white house right now, our correspondents, analysts and contributors are all standing by as we cover this breaking story and what comes next paris canal is on the scene for us. let s go to your first year there in new york. you re watching all of this unfold. tell our viewers what else you re learning. well, that s right. we learned that in manhattan grand jury has returned an indictment against former president donald trump. as you said, the first time